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We know science is awesome, as are its achievements. Yet so far scientists have managed to sidestep the most awesome reality of all, the true nature of human life, the source of their own genius. How is it that in the overwhelming immensity of the cosmos, on microscopic earth, human beings exist? We have not yet looked reality in the face and perceived the nobility and grandeur of who we are, each of us having a responsibility in the universe and being part of a vast and continuing process, which can only emerge from the shadows and darkest corners of our thought when we step aside away from all the noise.
'You Matter' encourages people to think more deeply about the phenomenon of existence, what it means to be a unique human person, and how in unity with one another we can build a future in these uncertain times.
List of contents
An IntroductionWho Was Pierre Teilhard de Chardin?PART ONE: RETHINKING THINKING
1 Exploding into Life
2 What We Really Are
3 The Scale of Things
4 Small Wonder
5 The Unknown Phenomenon
6 The Mysterious Gift of Existence
7 Mind Inside Matter
8 Consciousness: The Central Mystery of Human Life?
9 Elusive Spirit
10 Spirituality Unmasked
11 A Personal Project
12 The Examined Life
13 Within You and Without You
14 Fortress Ego
15 As Yet Unresolved
16 Why Evolution?
17 Convergence: Evolution's U-Turn
PART TWO: NONE OF US IS AS SMART AS ALL OF US
18 The Evolution of a Person
19 A Sense of Species
20 Solidarity: The Hidden Adhesive
21 Finding the Centre
22 Turning Inwards
23 The Process of Becoming
24 The Evil Trap
25 The Fatal Error
PART THREE: THE HUMAN IS THE SOLUTION
26 The Solution
27 There's Only One You
28 Socialisation
29 Team World
30 Workers of the World
31 Covid-19: A Call to Arms
32 Covid-19: Some Reasons for Optimism
33 The Unnoticed Revolution
34 The Role of Suffering
35 Community: The Hidden Dynamic
36 Love: The Fundamental Impulse of Life
Thank Yous Further Reading Acknowledgements A Note on the Author
About the author
Delia is Britain's best-loved and most trusted cookery writer and football club owner.
Delia has worked with food for over fifty years, writing columns and books and broadcasting culinary science from the ground up in a practical, accessible and straightforward style. She was appointed Companion of Honour in 2017.
Delia has written many bestselling cookery books. Her aggregate book sales exceed 21 million, with Delia Smith's Cookery Course alone selling over six million copies. In addition titles such as How To Cheat At Cooking, How To Cook and Frugal Food which was published for charity.
She was appointed Companion of Honour in 2017 for her contribution to cooking and cookery education.
She lives with her husband in Suffolk and attends all of Norwich City's matches.
Summary
We know science is awesome, as are its achievements. Yet so far scientists have managed to sidestep the most awesome reality of all, the true nature of human life, the source of their own genius. How is it that in the overwhelming immensity of the cosmos, on microscopic earth, human beings exist? We have not yet looked reality in the face and perceived the nobility and grandeur of who we are, each of us having a responsibility in the universe and being part of a vast and continuing process, which can only emerge from the shadows and darkest corners of our thought when we step aside away from all the noise.
'You Matter' encourages people to think more deeply about the phenomenon of existence, what it means to be a unique human person, and how in unity with one another we can build a future in these uncertain times.
Foreword
Britain's most trusted food expert delivers a call to action for self-awareness and confidence in the 21st Century
Additional text
As its title suggests, You Matter: The Human Solution is not a cookbook. Rather, it is an extended recipe for living: a nourishing broth of ideas garnered from her wide reading, seasoned lightly with her own thoughts and experiences.
